It was second time lucky for Craig Beevers who was crowned national Scrabble champion today. The 28-year-old from Stockton-on-Tees was defeated in last year's final but beat David Webb, his opponent this time, at the Cavendish conference centre in central London. Beevers, who pocketed £1,500 in prize money, said: "I didn't start playing seriously until I was 20 and the internet really took off. Last year I didn't have the depth of word knowledge and this year I got better tiles and I probably played better." Next month he will fly to Malaysia to take part in the world championship.